HARTFORD, Conn — More states have been added to the state's travel advisory list Tuesday afternoon. One previous state, Minnesota, has been taken off.
Governor Ned Lamont announced on Twitter that the additional states are: Alaska, Delaware, Indiana, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, Virginia, and Washington.
The full list now includes 31 total states as COVID-19 cases spike across the country.
Later Tuesday night, Lamont signed an executive order officially strengthing the travel restrictions and changes the advisory to a mandatory.
“With infection rates out of control in much of the South, Midwest, and Southwest, and many tourists coming to Connecticut for summer vacation, I have made the determination that we need an enforceable quarantine order to keep Connecticut residents as safe as possible,” Governor Lamont said. “In taking this action, I am empowering the Department of Public Health to hold travelers accountable with significant fines for anyone not following the rules. While we do have a very low COVID-19 positivity rate in our state right now, that can change very rapidly, and this is no time to relax about taking every precaution we can to slow down the spread of the virus.”
Connecticut airports, train stations, highway rest stops, and travel centers will have signs showing info on the requirement to fill out the travel form.
Read the full order by clicking here.
Find the travel form here.
Currently, any travelers from these 31 states must:
- Mandatory 14-day quarantine when traveling to Connecticut from impacted states
- All travelers from impacted states must complete online travel health form
- Applies to all travelers regardless of how they travel to CT
- Spot checks to be conducted at Bradley Airport
- Failure to comply with the quarantine or failure to complete the travel health form could result in a $1,000 fine
States that are on the list have a new daily positive test rate higher than 10 per 100,000 residents or a state with a 10% or higher positivity rate over a 7-day rolling average. Learn more here.
The travel advisory applies to all travelers whose travel originates from the impacted states, and also applies to Connecticut residents who are returning from a visit to the following impacted states:
- Alaska
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Arizona
- California
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Iowa
- Idaho
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Louisiana
- Maryland
- Missouri
- Mississippi
- Montana
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Nebraska
- New Mexico
- Nevada
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Virginia
- Washington
- Wisconsin